The firepower of the Merika's artillery made the people in the 24th Division change their expressions. Everyone's emotions were basically one of shock, and their subsequent reactions tended to be more conservative.
"Does the Merika have so many artillery shells?" Commander Zheng Minglun's voice was filled with many emotions. In the Liberation Army's 30-odd years of history, there was only one time. In the battle of Foshan 30 years ago, the British lobster soldiers had a considerable advantage in artillery. Even so, those artillery shells could only stop the Liberation Army and not make the Liberation Army feel fear. Military Governor Of Vaize knew what hell of firepower was. A lot of the Liberation Army's training was very targeted. Even so, the Merika's artillery fire did make the Liberation Army feel shocked.
Qi Rui was also surprised by the Merika's artillery fire. He mumbled, "Are the Merika going to fight back? Or are they going to break through? "
"Other than running, do they have any other way?" Zheng Minglun answered immediately. The battle situation last night had been reported to the headquarters. The Merika's helpless performance in front of the barbed wire made Zheng Minglun completely believe that the 24th Division could make use of their advantage in equipment to fight a beautiful battle. Even if the Merika used unprecedented firepower to attack the Liberation Army fiercely, Zheng Minglun didn't have any doubts. If he was the Merika's commander, his only choice was to run. The Merika's reinforcements had no value at all. If they had unrealistic fantasies about the Merika's reinforcements, they would only end up dead.
"What if the Merika wants to escape by water?" Qi Rui asked awkwardly. The Liberation Army had already formed an encirclement on land, but due to limited equipment, if the Merika really wanted to escape by water, the Liberation Army really wouldn't be able to stop them. Plus, he wasn't sure if the Merika really only wanted to retreat by water. If the Merika played a diversion, the Liberation Army would suffer a huge loss.
"Tell the troops to hold their positions. Don't let the Merika escape! "As the commander, Zheng Minglun's orders were simple and clear. It was the chief of staff's job to come up with a complex and systematic plan. This did not mean that the frontline commander of the army had to be a careless and reckless man. It was just that the chief military officer had to take responsibility when it was time to make a decisive decision.
When the sun rose from the horizon, Li Shaokang, the captain of the Air Force, received a phone call. "Your Air Force immediately conduct a reconnaissance of Duluth and see where the United States is going."
The Air Force could only be deployed in good weather, and it had to be during the day, so Li Shaokang slept well that night. The Air Force had already woken up before the UA's shelling. Although they did not have to be shelled by the UA on the front line, the Air Force officers and soldiers were quite surprised by the intensity of the enemy's artillery fire. After receiving the order to take off and investigate, Li Shaokang immediately ordered the aircraft to step up preparations. A plane was far more complicated than a truck. If a truck broke down, it had to stop on the spot for repairs. If a plane broke down, the pilot could only fall from the sky with the plane … fall …
When Li Shaokang expressed the news that the plane could only take off after 8 o 'clock in the morning at the earliest, Commander Zheng Minglun's unhappy voice immediately came from the phone. "What? Take off after eight in the morning? No! Get ready to take off! I'm not asking you to fly in the sky all day, just once every few hours! But all of you, take off immediately. "
"Commander, we were building the position yesterday, so we really didn't have time to repair the plane." Li Shaokang had seen many plane accidents, and he had also experienced some problems himself. So even if it would make the commander unhappy, Li Shaokang did not want to take off before the repair was completed. He tentatively said, "Commander, can't we use the hot air balloon?"
"When we set off this time, leave the hot air balloon to St. Paul's troops." Zheng Minglun's tone sounded very unhappy. "Li Shaokang, take off for five minutes first. I only need you to investigate for five minutes. After the investigation, don't talk about repairing to eight o 'clock, even repairing to nine o' clock won't be a problem! Hurry up and investigate! "
Li Shaokang was about to say something more, but Zheng Minglun had already hung up the phone. Li Shaokang let out a long sigh. Many people had major problems with their understanding of mechanical equipment. They always thought that the time of mechanical equipment's failure was a consumable. In fact, this was really not the case. Mechanical failure was a complicated process. The lifespan of those parts and the problem of failure were related to time. Now, all the flight time of Li Shaokang's flying team had exceeded the absolute safety period and entered the failure period. During such a failure period, if the maintenance was not carefully carried out, the difference between going up for a minute and going up for an hour was actually very limited. However, the commander had given the order, so Li Shaokang could not do anything about it. He could only ask the ground crew to find two planes in the best condition to take off and investigate.
"Commander, let us fly." When Li Shaokang was about to pull up the cover of the reconnaissance plane, the pilot next to the plane said, "You said long ago that we would be the ones to investigate."
If it was any other time, Li Shaokang would not be interested in competing with other pilots for the opportunity to fly. However, this flight made him feel uneasy, so Li Shaokang did not want others to fly. Therefore, Li Shaokang smiled and said, "I'll go up and fly around. When I come down, it'll be your turn to fly. If you want to be lazy, hmph, don't even think about it. "
The pilots did not see through the commander's thoughts. When they heard Li Shaokang's joke, they could not help but laugh out loud.
The propellers started to rotate, and the fuselage of the plane also trembled slightly with the rotation of the propellers. This familiar feeling was exactly the same as when they took off, which made Li Shaokang feel a lot more at ease. Even if the parts were to be damaged, they could wait until the plane landed. Li Shaokang prayed silently inside.
The vibration became more intense, which was caused by the plane beginning to slide along the temporary runway that was not considered flat. Li Shaokang sat in the back and was not responsible for operating the plane. He looked out the window and saw that the morning glow on the horizon was even brighter. It seemed that today was going to be a sunny day. Everything around them was still in a relatively dim light, but as the plane began to move on the runway, everything around it also began to move.
The takeoff was considered smooth, and both planes flew into the sky. When the vibration once again became the vibration caused by the plane's own mechanical movements, Li Shaokang breathed a sigh of relief. He operated the telescope on the plane that looked down and saw the position by the lake. Li Shaokang suddenly remembered that his old friend Hu Xingzhi was stationed by the lake. He did not know what this guy was doing now.
Hu Xingzhi did not know that his old brother was thinking about him in the sky. At this time, he was shouting into the microphone, "Wei Jianjun, what did you say? You want to withdraw the troops from the front line to a place that can defend against artillery? You're running away from battle! Do you know that? "
Just as Hu Xingzhi was shouting, he heard Wei Jianjun say in a suppressed tone, "Regimental commander, our battalion commander is seriously injured. Many of our comrades were not killed or injured by the American shells. They were injured by the stones that were blown up by the shells. Those stones were blasted into all kinds of sharp edges, and when they flew in the air, they were sharper than knives. Regimental commander, I'm not asking the troops to retreat, but to stop at a place that can defend against artillery fire. Once the enemy is about to come up, our comrades who stayed in the position will immediately inform the troops to come up. "
"Aren't you planning to retreat with this arrangement?! Now that the commander has ordered that the enemy might escape, we should be ready to move forward at any time. What if the enemy escapes if you withdraw the troops? "Although Hu Xingzhi's voice was loud, he was actually not really angry.
The 3rd Battalion's luck was really bad. Hu Xingzhi himself felt that he did not want to have any direct confrontation with the 3rd Battalion. The 3rd Battalion was the only one in the entire army to carry out an attack. It was the 3rd Battalion that was targeted by the enemy, and it was also the 3rd Battalion that was the first to be attacked by the American artillery.
Hu Xingzhi himself was not attacked by the US firepower, but he saw with his own eyes how the US artillerymen used their plowing firepower to destroy the positions of the three battalions. When the 3rd Battalion's phone call was connected, to be honest, Hu Xingzhi was a little surprised. The news that the 3rd Battalion's battalion commander was seriously injured did not shock Hu Xingzhi. In fact, if the 3rd Battalion was really wiped out, he would not be too surprised.
"You only need to hold on in the position for more than an hour. You can't even hold on for more than an hour?!" Hu Xingzhi's voice was still loud, but he was not really angry. He had just called the 1st and 2nd Battalions and asked them to prepare to switch with the 3rd Battalion. However, the 3rd Battalion was almost destroyed. No, the 3rd Battalion was already destroyed. The so-called switch probably meant that one battalion would be used as two battalions. Hu Xingzhi tried his best to dispatch, but there was no way to ensure that the already stable front line was foolproof. Therefore, he could only harden his heart and let the 3rd Battalion hold on for a little longer.
"Regiment Commander, if you can guarantee that the Americans won't bombard us like this for more than an hour, not to mention more than an hour, we can even stay for another day without a problem. But can you guarantee that? If you can't guarantee that and still want us to continue to stay in the position, then you're sending us to our deaths! "Wei Jianjun's voice was already extremely unhappy.
Hu Xingzhi could actually understand Wei Jianjun's mood. Before the artillery attack, the 3rd Battalion had already lost nearly half of its troops. The standard configuration of a battalion was three companies and one platoon, and the 3rd Battalion was a standard infantry battalion that was reduced to two companies after adding two platoons. Now, these two companies were not left with one company, so Wei Jianjun's mood did not immediately make Hu Xingzhi feel angry, but it only doubled Hu Xingzhi's guilt. However, the increase in guilt made Hu Xingzhi very uneasy, and after a while, it increased Hu Xingzhi's anger. He could not help but yell into the phone, "I told you to stay in the position, so you will stay in the position."
Just when Hu Xingzhi felt that the words he blurted out were a little too much, a loud sneer came from the other side of the phone. "Heh heh!" Then, Wei Jianjun, who had been suppressing his emotions, finally said loudly without restraint, "Regiment Commander Hu Xingzhi, it's naturally very safe for you to be the regiment commander in the headquarters. You want us to stay in the position, but why don't I see you staying with us? Everyone knows how to talk nonsense, and everyone knows how to tell others to go and die. You can disregard our lives, but we don't have to sell our lives to people like you! "
After experiencing so many cruel battles and heavy sacrifices, the 3rd Battalion had long been extremely dissatisfied with Regiment Commander Hu Xingzhi. Now, seeing that Hu Xingzhi still wanted the 3rd Battalion to hold on for no reason, Wei Jianjun finally exploded. He ruthlessly expressed the resentment in his heart, but before he could feel the comfort of venting the resentment in his chest, Wei Jianjun heard Hu Xingzhi's sharp voice on the phone, "What did you say?!"
Wei Jianjun was not an idiot, he also knew that if he softened now, he might still be able to salvage the situation. But just as this thought appeared in his mind, Wei Jianjun's strong chest made him shout into the phone, "I said, you, Hu Xingzhi, are a coward! Other than hiding behind, you don't know anything else. Now, I need to arrange for the transport of the wounded, and find the artillery position. If you have anything to say, come to the position and say it to me personally. " After shouting happily into the phone, Wei Jianjun, who felt relieved, shouted again, "If you still have something in your crotch, come to the position yourself! Don't send anyone else! "
After saying that, Wei Jianjun hung up the phone. This angry shout slightly affected the wound, but the slight pain from the wound made Wei Jianjun feel even more comfortable. This kind of physical pain to a certain extent suppressed the mental pain, letting Wei Jianjun feel that he was still alive. And the angry shout just now really let the intense resentment dissipate.
As for the consequences of his actions, Wei Jianjun had no intention of thinking about it. At worst, he would just die. He had seen so many deaths, and he had just escaped from the line of death not long ago. Hu Xingzhi's threat was nothing to Wei Jianjun.
"Hurry up and send the wounded down!" Wei Jianjun said to the Second Company commander. Now, only the Second Company commander and Wei Jianjun were left in the third battalion. The battalion commander and Second Company's instructor were seriously injured, the battalion political commissar, the first company commander, and the first company's instructor were all blown to pieces, and the deceased could only be temporarily dealt with, or even not dealt with. But if the wounded could be quickly arranged, perhaps a few more people could be saved.
At this moment, the phone rang. The Second Company commander, who was about to receive the order, looked at the deputy battalion commander Wei Jianjun. Wei Jianjun glanced at the phone, turned back and said to the Second Company commander, "Hurry up now, don't delay!"
After the Second Company commander left, Wei Jianjun said to the only remaining radio operator in the battalion headquarters, "After I leave, answer the phone. If it's not a call to leave the front line to attack the enemy, tell them that I'm not at the headquarters. As for the call to arrest me, tell them that I'm at the front line. If you want to arrest me, if you want to kill me, tell them to come to the front line to find me. "
After saying that, Wei Jianjun strode out of the battalion headquarters. Whatever, Wei Jianjun only felt a burst of relief in his chest. It was not that he had never encountered difficulties and unhappiness in the years he had been in the army, but he had never encountered so much unhappiness like in the past few days. Finally able to make his own counterattack, Wei Jianjun suddenly felt that even if he died for it, there was nothing to be afraid of.
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